X vs. IFC, SLF, GWO, NA, FFH, POW, BAM, IAG, IGM, and ONEX
Should you be buying TMX Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TMX Group include Intact Financial (IFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), National Bank of Canada (NA), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Power Co. of Canada (POW), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), and Onex (ONEX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
TMX Group (TSE:X) and Intact Financial (TSE:IFC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Intact Financial has higher revenue and earnings than TMX Group. TMX Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intact Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TMX Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Intact Financial pays an annual dividend of C$4.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. TMX Group pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intact Financial pays out 56.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, TMX Group had 3 more articles in the media than Intact Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TMX Group and 2 mentions for Intact Financial. Intact Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat TMX Group's score of -0.12 indicating that Intact Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
55.4% of TMX Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Intact Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of TMX Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Intact Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TMX Group presently has a consensus price target of C$39.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.01%. Intact Financial has a consensus price target of C$247.30, indicating a potential upside of 8.45%. Given TMX Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TMX Group is more favorable than Intact Financial.
Intact Financial received 321 more outperform votes than TMX Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Intact Financial an outperform vote while only 44.68% of users gave TMX Group an outperform vote.
TMX Group has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intact Financial has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TMX Group has a net margin of 13.67% compared to Intact Financial's net margin of 5.55%. TMX Group's return on equity of 10.16% beat Intact Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Intact Financial beats TMX Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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